RangerRickL wrote: » @oldDogBiking so what should I do around mountain lions? I’m not likely to see any but....best to be prepared
Hollis100 wrote: » [quote="oldDogBiking Thing about it is, whenever I encounter an obscure wild animal, it does everything it can to get away or out of sight. Good post. True, from my limited experience with snakes to bigger animals, that most wildlife want nothing to do with us. A few years ago, my husband and I were walking our dogs along a road through Pennsylvania woods. Big collie, tiny poodle mix. We rounded a bend and faced a coyote. It froze, stared at us, and then disappeared into the brush like a ghost. We immediately picked up the tiny dog just in case and left the area. That coyote was about the size of a small German shepherd with long thin legs and a bushy tail, exactly like the coyote in the old Road Runner cartoons. I'd never seen one in the wild and had to google an image to be sure. No matter what the threat, I feel for wild animals. We've wiped out so much of their habitat.
Hollis100 wrote: » [quote="oldDogBiking Thing about it is, whenever I encounter an obscure wild animal, it does everything it can to get away or out of sight.